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it's been an opportunity for the defense industry compliant congress the pentagon. he works much like that better reserve. we have all heard and called for policies we have so many black budget a budget projects that including nuclear weapons development projects that with dark as early as nineteen ninety one we have. none of the dances we know that were achieved during the strategic defense initiative in the eighties and nineties that was all gone dark. but to continue in the finals and watching much of the military budget. used for sustaining a top of the military airport or every third person enter air force is in general. training and marie ange from the festive spirit out of the gods the group. the holiday season getting underway special days but always bowing in the scottish capital to take al qaeda. and in salads and storytelling the eye. this is a really low so we did. see bush's stupidity. your party years ago. it seems that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politics. only on rte. the unit. any repeats when asked how
it's been an opportunity for the defense industry compliant congress the pentagon. he works much like that better reserve. we have all heard and called for policies we have so many black budget a budget projects that including nuclear weapons development projects that with dark as early as nineteen ninety one we have. none of the dances we know that were achieved during the strategic defense initiative in the eighties and nineties that was all gone dark. but to continue in the finals and...
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and, yet, the pentagon gives specific instructions not to make death payments. ladies and gentlemen, this didn't fall through the cracks. they actually looked at it and said no money for you or your kid. the administration's latest excuse, our lawyers misinterpreted the law. seriously? but then again, that's no surprise. in over his head holder, the one who lied to congressnd shipped drugs to the mexican drug dealers, is he just plain incompetent. and this guy, secretary of defense hagel, who sits at the citadel of the pentagon, the ranking member of the senate armed services committee, a member of his own party said he should never have been confirmed in the first place because hagel believes americans should apologize to our world adversaries, shun our friends and because we criticized the jewish lobby. secretary hagel, you call yourself a decorated combat veteran and you don't allow for these payments and then when the cat's out of the bag, you have the audacity, the hutzpah, the balls to show up at dover air force base for the first time as secretary of defe
and, yet, the pentagon gives specific instructions not to make death payments. ladies and gentlemen, this didn't fall through the cracks. they actually looked at it and said no money for you or your kid. the administration's latest excuse, our lawyers misinterpreted the law. seriously? but then again, that's no surprise. in over his head holder, the one who lied to congressnd shipped drugs to the mexican drug dealers, is he just plain incompetent. and this guy, secretary of defense hagel, who...
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transportation, justice, education, pentagon. what they did is cut. even the government biggest union found ways to cut the fat. when the pentagon is doing war exercises because they warn the debt is so big and a threat to national security, if a president added $5 from on his watch and the bond market says the interest rates will go up if we continue to add to the debt, we have to do it now. >> david: rick, we understand that the sequester was arbitrary. a lot of cuts were done in a sloppy manner. if you leave it up to spineless politician in beltway, you won't get anything done. >> i don't disagree with that. but the results of the sequester aren't as bad as we thought. there's great. one area i'm concerned about. headlines out all this week pointing out what sequester is doing to the national science. it's cling that it we are entering the dark ages of the science. >> david: by the way, you think we're entering the dark ages? >> i know we are. i am aware, i keep up on this. i am aware of the important medical research going on, driven toward pharma
transportation, justice, education, pentagon. what they did is cut. even the government biggest union found ways to cut the fat. when the pentagon is doing war exercises because they warn the debt is so big and a threat to national security, if a president added $5 from on his watch and the bond market says the interest rates will go up if we continue to add to the debt, we have to do it now. >> david: rick, we understand that the sequester was arbitrary. a lot of cuts were done in a...
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and coalition forces in the midst of such overwhelming success however reporters at the pentagon began to hear rumors about friendly fire washington post pentagon correspondent barton gellman was the first journalist to thoroughly cover rumors about friendly fire so it took about six months after the war for us to find enough people find enough data pieced together enough information from the public records and the spaces inside them that we could do the story and the story was stunning frankly. the army and marines agreed and the army up held it to the letter that they would tell no family. about a friendly fire casualty and until they could tell all of them in a synchronized matter that was intended to set up the press conference the next day so it was decreed that always felt five pm would be the time that thirty five casualty officers would show up on the doorsteps of thirty five next of kin and tell them that their loved ones had been killed by american forces and no one was to be told before that even if there was categorical evidence months before as there as there was in many c
and coalition forces in the midst of such overwhelming success however reporters at the pentagon began to hear rumors about friendly fire washington post pentagon correspondent barton gellman was the first journalist to thoroughly cover rumors about friendly fire so it took about six months after the war for us to find enough people find enough data pieced together enough information from the public records and the spaces inside them that we could do the story and the story was stunning...
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and coalition forces in the midst of such overwhelming success however reporters at the pentagon began to hear rumors about friendly fire washington post pentagon correspondent barton gellman was the first journalist to thoroughly cover rumors about friendly fire so it took about six months after the war for us to find enough people find enough data pieced together enough information from public records and the spaces inside them that we could do the story and the story was stunning frankly the army and marines agreed and the army upheld it to the letter that they would tell no family. about a friendly fire casualty and until they could tell all of them in a synchronized matter that was intended to set up the press conference the next day so it was decreed that always fell five pm would be the time that thirty five casualty officers would show up on the doorsteps of thirty five next of kin and tell them that their loved ones had been killed by american forces and no one was to be told before that even if there was categorical evidence months before as there as it was in many cases. the
and coalition forces in the midst of such overwhelming success however reporters at the pentagon began to hear rumors about friendly fire washington post pentagon correspondent barton gellman was the first journalist to thoroughly cover rumors about friendly fire so it took about six months after the war for us to find enough people find enough data pieced together enough information from public records and the spaces inside them that we could do the story and the story was stunning frankly the...
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and giving the pentagon the flexibility to implement the cuts. being able to allow those departments the flexibility to implement those cuts. it looks like maybe they can come together on an agreement and will avoid another government shut down. >> the senate democrats and house republicans to a quick conference on the continuing resolution. almostway to look at it as if they are taking baby steps. they're not fighting as much ,ver the day today fighting which is what a couple of years ago. now they're starting to work better on that. they're turning their attention to see if they could extend that to the medium-term and long-term budget impacts. and you study represents the conservative part of the republican conference. years passed, the freshman tea party came in. there seemed to be a faction within the party. do you see less of that or more of it as we go forward? >> i think there was a sense that perhaps the tea party had been muted a bit. after all, they voted for a tax increase and got a tax increase through the house. russell asked the co
and giving the pentagon the flexibility to implement the cuts. being able to allow those departments the flexibility to implement those cuts. it looks like maybe they can come together on an agreement and will avoid another government shut down. >> the senate democrats and house republicans to a quick conference on the continuing resolution. almostway to look at it as if they are taking baby steps. they're not fighting as much ,ver the day today fighting which is what a couple of years...
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and coalition forces in the midst of such overwhelming success however reporters at the pentagon began to hear rumors about friendly fire washington post pentagon correspondent barton gellman was the first journalist to thoroughly cover rumors about friendly fire so it took about six months after the war for us to find enough people find the data piece together enough information from public records and the spaces inside them that we could do the story and the story was stunning frankly the army and marines agreed and the army upheld it to the letter that they would tell no family. about a friendly fire casualty and until they could tell all of them in a synchronized matter that was intended to set up a press conference the next day so it was decreed that always fell five pm would be the time that thirty five casualty officers would show up on the doorsteps of thirty five next of kin and tell them that their loved ones had been killed by american forces and no one was to be told before that even if there was categorical evidence months before as there as there was in many cases the arm
and coalition forces in the midst of such overwhelming success however reporters at the pentagon began to hear rumors about friendly fire washington post pentagon correspondent barton gellman was the first journalist to thoroughly cover rumors about friendly fire so it took about six months after the war for us to find enough people find the data piece together enough information from public records and the spaces inside them that we could do the story and the story was stunning frankly the...
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it's the largest nonnuclear weapon in the pentagon's arsenal. those who saw the video say it was impresssive. demonstrating to the israelis that the u.s. now has the ability to deal with iran's underground facility. on its first trip to israel as defense secretary last month, chuck hagel finalized a large conventional weapons deal that included state-of-the-art v-22 osprey aircraft and midair refueling tankers, but more importantly, did not include the mop. he discussed iran with his israeli counterpart. >> our position is iran will not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon. the prevention of iran from developing a nuclear weapon, period. >> western intelligence believes iran has multiple nuclear facilities, including heavily fortified sites deep underground. hardened with steel and concrete. at least one facility is believed to be inside a mountain near comb. >> all military options and every option must remain on the table in dealing with iran. >> this sort of step, taking improvements on this very large bunker busting bomb, which really only
it's the largest nonnuclear weapon in the pentagon's arsenal. those who saw the video say it was impresssive. demonstrating to the israelis that the u.s. now has the ability to deal with iran's underground facility. on its first trip to israel as defense secretary last month, chuck hagel finalized a large conventional weapons deal that included state-of-the-art v-22 osprey aircraft and midair refueling tankers, but more importantly, did not include the mop. he discussed iran with his israeli...
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batteries as well as two hundred sixteen a hawk missiles now like me you might be wondering why the pentagon wants to sell billions of dollars worth of weapons to a country on the verge of collapse all sorts. make a little bit more sense when you consider how the u.s. is seizing on iraq's instability for its end goal in syria see right now you're wrong is able to fly over iraqi air space to give weapons and aid to the assad regime and according to the pentagon this latest weapons order could secure a no fly zone over iraq limiting the shipments of weapons from iran is it just me or does dumping weapons into a completely destabilize country sound like a terrible idea then really how much more can the people of iraq even take just two decades ago we rock incurred harsh economic sanctions resulted in the deaths of a half a million iraqi children and following that a decade of brutal u.s. military occupation which caused the country to deteriorate.
batteries as well as two hundred sixteen a hawk missiles now like me you might be wondering why the pentagon wants to sell billions of dollars worth of weapons to a country on the verge of collapse all sorts. make a little bit more sense when you consider how the u.s. is seizing on iraq's instability for its end goal in syria see right now you're wrong is able to fly over iraqi air space to give weapons and aid to the assad regime and according to the pentagon this latest weapons order could...
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while they may not be the sacrosanct pentagon, everyone is afraid to touch the pentagon because that touches that live rail of national security, there are a lot of other dimensions of national security that have nothing to do with arms and facing missiles. the future of our children, science, investments in cancer, those are part of national security as well. >> it's about shifting the conversation instead of these governments aren't worth funding to why should we shut down programs and actually putting conservatives and republicans on the defense on why they think it's important to shutdown cancer research. >> it was important enough for republicans to put a bill on the floor they followed with nrcc sending fundraising details, one off, hey, they don't support cancer research. the important part of what steve said, in order for head start to be cogent enough to change the minds of the republicans in the house opposing the cr, they would have to have a different world view. you have to remember in these red states, they don't want to expand medicaid. there is a sense that poverty is
while they may not be the sacrosanct pentagon, everyone is afraid to touch the pentagon because that touches that live rail of national security, there are a lot of other dimensions of national security that have nothing to do with arms and facing missiles. the future of our children, science, investments in cancer, those are part of national security as well. >> it's about shifting the conversation instead of these governments aren't worth funding to why should we shut down programs and...
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. >> the pentagon says it is planning to increase its defense a potential north korean missile attack on the u.s.. >>> san jose police need your help to identify two men that are leaving a light rail station. i want to show you video of a the suspects getting off the train. they are wearing plaid shorts. the robbers followed the victims and threatened to shoot them if they didn't hand over their property. here's a closer look at the suspects. police describe them as adult males in their 20s. >>> new employee code of conduct begins today at the port of oakland. it's part of an effort to win back public trust in the wake of a spending scandal that was uncovered in a ktvu news investigation. some port workers spent thousands of dollars of public money of a strip club. >> it's a milestone in a commitment we made to the public to respond after we learned of series challenges that we faced. >> the new policy approved yesterday includes tough new limits on employees spending and travel. and calls for mandatory ethics training for all port workers. >>> also new this morning incoming college f
. >> the pentagon says it is planning to increase its defense a potential north korean missile attack on the u.s.. >>> san jose police need your help to identify two men that are leaving a light rail station. i want to show you video of a the suspects getting off the train. they are wearing plaid shorts. the robbers followed the victims and threatened to shoot them if they didn't hand over their property. here's a closer look at the suspects. police describe them as adult males...
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it was the first ever filibuster of a pentagon chief. they held up his nominee to head the consumer financial protection bureau. that was confirmed in july. they blocking the nomination of the head of the federal housing and finance agency. the first sitting member of congress to be denied an office since the civil war. they challenged the president's right to appoint any judges between october 31st and november 18th. well, the president along with democrats on the attack as of today. as i mentioned today, they invoke what's known as the nuclear option. it kills the republican threat of a filibuster on most presidential appointments. but the bigger message behind the move is clear. democrats and this president have gone to war with their enemies finally. let's listen to the president. >> today's pattern of obstruction isn't normal. it's not what our founders envisioned. a deliberate and determined effort to obstruct everything, no matter what the merits. just to refight the results of an election is not normal. it isn't obstruction on qu
it was the first ever filibuster of a pentagon chief. they held up his nominee to head the consumer financial protection bureau. that was confirmed in july. they blocking the nomination of the head of the federal housing and finance agency. the first sitting member of congress to be denied an office since the civil war. they challenged the president's right to appoint any judges between october 31st and november 18th. well, the president along with democrats on the attack as of today. as i...
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there are a lot of proposals made to where good cuts could be made in the pentagon. gao has produced two good reports about the pentagon as well as other agencies pointing out a lot of wasteful and duplicate programs. senator coburn issued a report last november on the pentagon pointing out $67 billion of programs that he argued -- and i read his report -- i think quite forcefully that a lot of these programs like breast cancer research in the penalty gone have nothing to do with national defense. nih does breast cancer research which is where it should be. the px system which costs over $2 billion a year for u.s. bases when you have safeways and cvss right outside of u.s. military bases. where our military personnel could go and shop. a lot of programs like that. but these reports get issued, and nobody in congress talks about them, nobody in congress tries to do anything about them. even the think tanks are relatively silent in terms of endorsing or trying to promote these kinds of reports. so if you're going to put some constraints on spending increases to bring t
there are a lot of proposals made to where good cuts could be made in the pentagon. gao has produced two good reports about the pentagon as well as other agencies pointing out a lot of wasteful and duplicate programs. senator coburn issued a report last november on the pentagon pointing out $67 billion of programs that he argued -- and i read his report -- i think quite forcefully that a lot of these programs like breast cancer research in the penalty gone have nothing to do with national...
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we're also live at the pentagon. which was also victimized on september 11th when the planes crashed there. you see the giant flag and you see the crowd gathered out there. president obama will be attending a very special memorial there at the pentagon at 6:30 our time. we will be watching that live as well. we'll continue to follow all of these ceremonies and bring them to you throughout the morning here on ktvu. >>> san francisco firefighters are inviting everyone to a remembrance ceremony this morning. it will honor all those that died. this is video of last year's event. the remembrance ceremony will start at 6:45 this morning. union city has a flight 93 memorial seventh scheduled at 9:00 this morning. it's dedicated to the 33 passengers and seven crew members who died 12 years ago today on board the united airlines flight 93. and the city of hayward has approved final plans far 9/11 memorial on mission boulevard. here is a look at what that memorial will look like once it's finished. it will include granite stat
we're also live at the pentagon. which was also victimized on september 11th when the planes crashed there. you see the giant flag and you see the crowd gathered out there. president obama will be attending a very special memorial there at the pentagon at 6:30 our time. we will be watching that live as well. we'll continue to follow all of these ceremonies and bring them to you throughout the morning here on ktvu. >>> san francisco firefighters are inviting everyone to a remembrance...
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that's it for the pentagon. yes, there is a great desire with john brennan to demilitaryize the cia. >> now, speaking of afghanistan in town today. hamid karzai at the pentagon today and on the hill and later will be at the state department for dinner with hillary clinton. he was with leon panetta today. this comes shortly after he sat down with our own atia and just ehave is rated u.s. policy. >> he has a problem with this new team, though. you remember a couple of years ago three senators went and met with him, and there was -- for dinner. karzai in kabul. there was -- they raised the issue of corruption in his government, and it became a big incident. joe biden, hagel, and john kerry? zeefs later sent as a private envoy to smooth things over with karzai. >> true, but this is -- karzai must look at the leadership of the second obama administration and see a message coming for him then. what the troop levels will be after 2014 and will there even be u.s. troops there? >> ruth marcus, the white house is telling
that's it for the pentagon. yes, there is a great desire with john brennan to demilitaryize the cia. >> now, speaking of afghanistan in town today. hamid karzai at the pentagon today and on the hill and later will be at the state department for dinner with hillary clinton. he was with leon panetta today. this comes shortly after he sat down with our own atia and just ehave is rated u.s. policy. >> he has a problem with this new team, though. you remember a couple of years ago three...
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pentagon is taking north korea's threats very seriously. u.s. militar now beefing up a missile defense system after regime warned it is ready to wipe out washington. details straight ahead. an eyewitness testifying at high school football players accused of raping a passed out drunk girl during a night of big time partying. if you thought that jodi arias murder trial couldn't get weirder, wait until you see interrogation video that just surfaced. head stands. unless breaking news changes everything on studio "b". >> gregg: first. any minute we do expected the defense secretary to announce the pentagon's plan to in the growing nuclear threat of north korea. sources saying the defense is thet s tote deploy 14 ground missile interceptors at silos in california and alaska. pentagon halted the build-up you may recall back in 2009, but just one week ago north korea vowed to launch a preemptive nuclear strike against the united states. obama administration officials telling fox news the rogue nation threat is evolving, that is their word. just yesterda
pentagon is taking north korea's threats very seriously. u.s. militar now beefing up a missile defense system after regime warned it is ready to wipe out washington. details straight ahead. an eyewitness testifying at high school football players accused of raping a passed out drunk girl during a night of big time partying. if you thought that jodi arias murder trial couldn't get weirder, wait until you see interrogation video that just surfaced. head stands. unless breaking news changes...
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my loser, other than juan, is ashton carter the number two at the pentagon. this is somebody passed over for the top spot for is chuck hagel. after watching the performance yesterday and the confirmation hearings of chuck hagel, it's clear that ash top cart her be the person who actually runs the pentagon. if hagel is in fact confirmed. >> bret: okay. big story not getting attention anyplace else but fox is american pastor in custody in iran. abatheny. his wife was on fox talking about how she wishes the u.s. government was talking more about this. >> it's unfortunate that we are hearing, we're not seeing more aggressive action from the government. i hope to see more of that. not just from the government but all over the world. this is a violation of the human rights. >> bret: he is american, in custody. in jail. in iran. steve obviously we had the 60 minutes interview with president obama and secretary clinton. that didn't come up. probably an opportunity. megaphone that he could have. >> among many other things that didn't come up. the government has to be
my loser, other than juan, is ashton carter the number two at the pentagon. this is somebody passed over for the top spot for is chuck hagel. after watching the performance yesterday and the confirmation hearings of chuck hagel, it's clear that ash top cart her be the person who actually runs the pentagon. if hagel is in fact confirmed. >> bret: okay. big story not getting attention anyplace else but fox is american pastor in custody in iran. abatheny. his wife was on fox talking about...
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david martin reports from the pentagon that the air force will be flying combat aircraft over boston to make sure that the airspace is clear the nypd in new york as it always does during a terrorist attack anywhere in the world has stepped up its security in the nation's largest city. and that is ongoing now there is no indication that any other attack is eminent, if indeed this was an attack. we don't have any indication of that whatsoever at this point but security is going up in various places all around the country. the explosions happened a little after 2:00 eastern time, 2:10 at the finish line of the boston marathon of the first unexplosion and about 15 seconds later there was another. that is the smoke clearing from the first explosion and as the company ra plan pans to the left you see the second explosion down the street, about a block away. boston police are telling us two dead, 23 wounded. we've seen men, women and children being taken to ambulances, being taken away in wheelchairs and we are expecting a news conference from the boston news department later this afternoon
david martin reports from the pentagon that the air force will be flying combat aircraft over boston to make sure that the airspace is clear the nypd in new york as it always does during a terrorist attack anywhere in the world has stepped up its security in the nation's largest city. and that is ongoing now there is no indication that any other attack is eminent, if indeed this was an attack. we don't have any indication of that whatsoever at this point but security is going up in various...
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the same report, the pentagon's own report showed after u.s. troop surge in afghanistan, violence in that country was actually higher than it was before the surge, not lower than it was before the surge. so in what case was the surge a success? so, yeah, it is a bit rich that the reason we can afford to speed up the ending of the war is because things have worked out so well in this war. a bit rich. the so-called reason we could leave iraq was because of the success of the surge and all that the day after we left iraq, the prime minister of iraq issued an arrest warrant for the vice president of iraq. the very next day after we left. so that little story we told ourselves on the way out of that war, that was pretty rich too. but knowing that, do you wish we were still in iraq? do you wish we hadn't left? more importantly, even if we do not hit any of the supposed benchmarks that we tell ourselves are relevant for why and when we can leave, peace in the provinces, or the afghan government getting less corrupt and capable afghan security forces,
the same report, the pentagon's own report showed after u.s. troop surge in afghanistan, violence in that country was actually higher than it was before the surge, not lower than it was before the surge. so in what case was the surge a success? so, yeah, it is a bit rich that the reason we can afford to speed up the ending of the war is because things have worked out so well in this war. a bit rich. the so-called reason we could leave iraq was because of the success of the surge and all that...
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changes in policy instituted by the department of defense within five years of the film's release the pentagon established casualty reporting regulations that specifically addressed friendly fire for the first time regulations dictated that the army inform families of the inflicting force involved and stipulated that reports should include circumstantial evidence as long as it's made clear where facts and supposition begins. was now mandated to notify families of situations where friendly fire was even suspected. the integrity of this new policy would be tested in gulf war one. with the economic ups and downs in the final month. the deal sank and the rest. will be if we can all three. i was thinking somehow i had to come back because mom was waiting for me. i just knew that everything would be fine for some reason they were so confident because we were going to get married officially after he came back. in line. with the militants decided to try and break through the. screaming grenade. explosions on his back. it was the rule and it was all over all of us. we know that our comrades on our comm
changes in policy instituted by the department of defense within five years of the film's release the pentagon established casualty reporting regulations that specifically addressed friendly fire for the first time regulations dictated that the army inform families of the inflicting force involved and stipulated that reports should include circumstantial evidence as long as it's made clear where facts and supposition begins. was now mandated to notify families of situations where friendly fire...
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republican secretary chuck hagel was confirmed today, and will be sworn in and take over at that time pentagon. chuck hagel had the majority support, all the republicans in the senate, and the majority. it took this long to get him confirmed because republicans filibustered his nomination. nobody has ever done that before. nobody has ever before used a filibuster to block the confirmation of a cabinet nominee, ever in the history of our country, but they did it to chuck hagel. why? who knows? republicans in the senate pulled the fire alarm on this one, they broke glass in case of emergency. they did something that has never been done before in the history of the republic. and because they did it, there is now precedent for them to filibuster the next nominee. they broke glass for a nominee who in his case had bipartisan support to be confirmed. and the republicans in the senate did it in a way that didn't actually stop the confirmation. so you won nothing. but you did further break the institution where you work. there is an effort already under way to try to cover this up to say republicans d
republican secretary chuck hagel was confirmed today, and will be sworn in and take over at that time pentagon. chuck hagel had the majority support, all the republicans in the senate, and the majority. it took this long to get him confirmed because republicans filibustered his nomination. nobody has ever done that before. nobody has ever before used a filibuster to block the confirmation of a cabinet nominee, ever in the history of our country, but they did it to chuck hagel. why? who knows?...
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jennifer griffin has the story from the pentagon. >> reporter: in her first heavy diplomatic lift, the president's pick for u.n. ambassador brought her four-year-old son to the hearing, hoping they wouldn't question her on her record. >> were you advocated the mammoth protection force to impose solution to the arab conflict? >> i disassociated myself from those comments many times. >> reporter: she went out of the way to talk about her support for israel. >> as i have done as president obama's u.n. adviser, i will stand up for israel and work tirelessly to defend it. >> reporter: she had to defend an article written in the new republic in which she suggested instituting a doctrine of mea culpa would enhance our credibility showing that american decision makers do not endorse the sins of their predecessors. >> we have nothing to apologize for. >> you don't have any in mind that we committed or sponsored. >> i will not apologize for america. i will stand proudly if confirmed behind the u.s. placards. >> i understand, do you believe the united states committed or sponsored crimes? >> i be
jennifer griffin has the story from the pentagon. >> reporter: in her first heavy diplomatic lift, the president's pick for u.n. ambassador brought her four-year-old son to the hearing, hoping they wouldn't question her on her record. >> were you advocated the mammoth protection force to impose solution to the arab conflict? >> i disassociated myself from those comments many times. >> reporter: she went out of the way to talk about her support for israel. >> as i...
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he represents the "new york times" in the pentagon papers case. most recently, he successfully defended the rights of corporations and unions in the controversial campaign finance decision citizens united. the late senator patrick moynihan described him as the most significant first amendment lawyer of our age. his new book is a collection of his speeches, articles, debates and other works spanning his entire career. it is called "friend of the court: on the front lines with the first amendment." i am pleased to have my friend floyd abrams back on this program. welcome. >> thank you. good to be here. >> rose: so what does the first amendment say and what does it mean to you? >> it's so short and the part that this book deals with is even shorter. "congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press." that's it. that's all we know. we know some of the stuff about what the framers said to each other but -- >> rose: we know intent. >> we know on the broadest level. but what it's come to mean most of all is that we protect speec
he represents the "new york times" in the pentagon papers case. most recently, he successfully defended the rights of corporations and unions in the controversial campaign finance decision citizens united. the late senator patrick moynihan described him as the most significant first amendment lawyer of our age. his new book is a collection of his speeches, articles, debates and other works spanning his entire career. it is called "friend of the court: on the front lines with the...
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but they still couldn't get the resources to the pentagon in time. so she said we need to rebuild the infrastructure of the american red cross and had an opportunity because money poured in. half a million dollars came into liberty fund to help the victims of 9/11 and as awful as it was, for what the red cross does in terms of assistance to victims there's a lot of money left over i can't help the victims more but i can help the next and in thinking about the future was being fired because the way people perceive the donations come it's as you know called the rule of rescue. i see some victims' it's hard to imagine the next. >> i think that we see a lot of charity navigator that will do solicitations on their website that say one thing and then when you follow the money they see something very different. and i think one of the things the donors often get upset about is that they are being told ex is going to occur but you have to read the fine print to know that it's going to occur so i still maintain that i agree with you about the structural challe
but they still couldn't get the resources to the pentagon in time. so she said we need to rebuild the infrastructure of the american red cross and had an opportunity because money poured in. half a million dollars came into liberty fund to help the victims of 9/11 and as awful as it was, for what the red cross does in terms of assistance to victims there's a lot of money left over i can't help the victims more but i can help the next and in thinking about the future was being fired because the...
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david martin has learned that the pentagon is planning a bigger strike. elizabeth palmer reports from the battlefield in damascus. and major garrett questions the president. >> reporter: are we on a fast track to military action as soon as congress renders its judgment one way or the other? >> pelley: the new unemployment numbers are not what was expected. mark strassmann will show us where high-paying jobs are on the rise. the america's cup launches tomorrow. carter evans reports it's high- tech and high-risk. and steve hartman "on the road." no adoptive family was willing to take troubled taylor-- until connie going found the perfect home. >> she knows my worst side and she still cares about me and still loves me. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, president obama is opening a new front in his battle to get congress to authorize military action against syria. he's taking his case directly to the american people. the president said today he will address the nation from the white house on
david martin has learned that the pentagon is planning a bigger strike. elizabeth palmer reports from the battlefield in damascus. and major garrett questions the president. >> reporter: are we on a fast track to military action as soon as congress renders its judgment one way or the other? >> pelley: the new unemployment numbers are not what was expected. mark strassmann will show us where high-paying jobs are on the rise. the america's cup launches tomorrow. carter evans reports...
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the senate voted to -- this is a live picture now outside the pentagon there in virginia. hagel will take the oath of office this morning and will make his first remarks to defense employees just about three hours from now. >>> time now 4:38. just two days before massive automatic cuts. there are no signs of a compromise deal to avoid those cuts. president obama toured a shipyard in virginia yesterday where the navy has delayed schedule of a maintenance air carrier. the $85 billion across the board budget cuts are due to begin on friday and effect a variety of government officials. >>> this morning dozens of people in oakland are back in their homes after a leaking propane tank prompted an evacuation. firefighters were called around 7:00 last night. they say a propane thank had rusted through. firefighters say their biggest concern was making sure leaking propane didn't catch fire. they cleared the scene shortly before 11:00. evacuees were allowed to return home. >>> we'll check in with sal with a look at traffic. so far it's early. hopefully no problems. >> not a lot of m
the senate voted to -- this is a live picture now outside the pentagon there in virginia. hagel will take the oath of office this morning and will make his first remarks to defense employees just about three hours from now. >>> time now 4:38. just two days before massive automatic cuts. there are no signs of a compromise deal to avoid those cuts. president obama toured a shipyard in virginia yesterday where the navy has delayed schedule of a maintenance air carrier. the $85 billion...
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the pentagon says rebel fire hit at least two u.s. aircraft earlier today as they were participating in a mission to evacuate american citizens. one of the injuries is considered serious. the wounded were later taken to a hospital in nigh rowby, kenya -- nairobi, kenya. looking at the international space station, a risky emergency spacewalk is now underway. nasa astronauts rick and michael working to replace a faulty cooling pump. marathon effort is scheduled to last 6-1/2 hours. a second spacewalk is planned for monday. if all isn't fixed by then, they will conduct a third on christmas day. i'm patti ann browne. now back to "forbes on fox" and the headlines, foxnews.com. >>> i was making so much money, i didn't know what to do with it. >> uh-oh, leo. leonardo dicaprio playing a hedonistic rich capitalist in the new movie "wolf of wall street." something he said about the rich capitalists caught our gang's attention. take a look. >> i feel like it's an accurate reflection of everything that is wrong with the world we live in today. th
the pentagon says rebel fire hit at least two u.s. aircraft earlier today as they were participating in a mission to evacuate american citizens. one of the injuries is considered serious. the wounded were later taken to a hospital in nigh rowby, kenya -- nairobi, kenya. looking at the international space station, a risky emergency spacewalk is now underway. nasa astronauts rick and michael working to replace a faulty cooling pump. marathon effort is scheduled to last 6-1/2 hours. a second...
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the president will announce a change in policy giving the pentagon more control over the drone controlled by the cia. they plan on lifting the ban on two detainees in yemen. >>> at 10:00 they will release their findings into the deaths of detective elizabeth baker and butch earlier this year. the two officers had gone to an ex-conn's home about a sexual assault when he opened fire and had a shootout with santa cruz police. two teenswere targeted in dublin. they are now warning parents and students to be on alert. coming up, the scheme women are using to take advantage of kind hearted students. >>> at 3:00 hundreds of nurse is will walk off the you job. good samaritan and regional and the nurses are protesting unsafe staffing levels and unproposed cuts to their pensions, it is many to coincide with a final strike in the east bay. two technicians at sutter hospital have been protesting proposed cuts to their contracts. meanwhile, other california hospitals is now over and they are promising them to cancel dozens of surgeries. hospital officials say the real issue is to except a pension plan
the president will announce a change in policy giving the pentagon more control over the drone controlled by the cia. they plan on lifting the ban on two detainees in yemen. >>> at 10:00 they will release their findings into the deaths of detective elizabeth baker and butch earlier this year. the two officers had gone to an ex-conn's home about a sexual assault when he opened fire and had a shootout with santa cruz police. two teenswere targeted in dublin. they are now warning parents...
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republican chuck hagel is looking like the person president obama would like to put in charge of the pentagon. josh rogan at foreign policy first breaking the news on the nomination and noting in the same breath all the republican senators that are against the nomination. john cornyn saying he can't support chuck hagel because he has a, quote, problem with israel. senator dan coates said chuck hagel has had so much disrespect for the military which is a pretty rich thing to say about a veteran. he would lack experience he would need for the job. senator mccain says his colleague barely even counts as a republican. senator mark kirk says he is, quote, concerned about mr. hagel. mr. hagel also faces opposition from the democratic side for the time back in 1998 when he opposed an ambassador nominee for being what mr. hagel described at the time openly aggressively guy, for which he finally apologized last month. there is also opposition to a lesser extent just because chuck hagel is a republican. this is not ideological opposition. it's partisan. but in the technical sense of that. why is it tha
republican chuck hagel is looking like the person president obama would like to put in charge of the pentagon. josh rogan at foreign policy first breaking the news on the nomination and noting in the same breath all the republican senators that are against the nomination. john cornyn saying he can't support chuck hagel because he has a, quote, problem with israel. senator dan coates said chuck hagel has had so much disrespect for the military which is a pretty rich thing to say about a veteran....